Ironing-machine.



D. M. COOPER. IRONING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEG. 6. 1912.

1,125,968. Patented Jan. 26, 1915.

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IRONING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DBG. 6.- 1912. 1, 125,968; Patented .13.11.26, 1915.

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To all/cham it may concern.' i

Be it known thatflf, DANIEL M. CooPER, of

Rochester, in the county of AMonroe fand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing- Machines; and I do'hei'ebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and-exact description of the same, referencebeing'had to the accompanyngdrawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the reference-numerals marked-thereon.

Myinvention relates 'to laundry machinery and more particularly to pressingmachines of the 'typeembodying a bed and platen one of which arts is movable vertically andl'aterally -withrespect v,to-the other, and it has -for its object Ithe provision of-an improved-arrangement for lthe purpose of Vlocking the operating=means which 'effects vertical movement of .-'themovable part until 'the latter-has completed its lateral movement and is in proper position for the pressin-g operation.

To 4this-and otherV ends-the invention consists ein certain improvements and combinations otfp'arts alLas will :be -more'fully dei scribed .hereinater,-the novel features being I pointedo'ut in lthe claims at lthe vend of the specification.

In theldrawings: Figure-1 -isa=side elevation of a machine embodying -a preferred form of the invention, showing 4the locking means disconnected .from the valve operating means; Fig. 2 lis'a detail elevation ofthe fluid pressure cylinder and 7valve and-the co-l operating parts, the locking devioe-being engaged with the valve-operating means.; Fig. 3 is a rear endielevaton.; ,'45 is a; sectional view on the1ine44 off ig. -1; Figa 5 1s a plan view, with .parts broken away, )and Fig. 6 is la-.seotional view-on the line '6L-#6 of Fig. 4.

Similar reference numerals xthroughout the several iig\1res'=indieate= the same parts.

In the presentembodiment, the machine comprises-a frame 1 and arms 2 'at thetop thereof which support the posts 3 upon which is mounted a stationaryfplaten 4 that may be supplied with steam or other heating agent in the usual manner in this class of devices. vArranged. for 'vertical movement inthe frame is a post -5 which carries the support 6 on which the -bed` lsmounted for lateral sliding movement. For -this purpose, the bed embodies asuitable frame -8,

DANIEL ni. coorER, or ROcHEs'rER, NEW YORK, AssIGNOR .T''AMERiOAN LAumDRY carrying the dovetail slide 9 which engages a vcorresponding guideway in the support. 'Ihe post 5 1s connected to a toggle joint comprising links 10 and 11, the latter of which'is `pivoted in the frame at the base thereof, as indicated at 7. The post is operated'by a suitable Huid pressure controlled elevating means and to this end, the toggle erably controlled by a vrotary fluid pressure supply valve which is arranged on the shaft 13. The operating means for the valve may comprise a ratchet wheel 14: fixed on the shaft 13 and arrangedto be engaged by a spring actuated pawl 15. The pawl 15 is carried on the arm 16 which is journaled on the shaft 13 and carries a leaf spring 17 in lengagement with said pawl.

18 is a rod connecting the arm 16 with the upstanding portion 19 arranged upon the pivoted treadle 20.A At each operation of .the treadle 20, the valve is rotated a' quarter of a revolution for opening or closing, and .in this way the bed is alternately raised and lowered with respect to the sta-r tionary platen. A 'suitable spring 33 is secured between the portion 19 and a stationary part of the machine, and serves to return the treadle and valve operating means t0 normal position after each operation.

The' chief objection to this type of machine lies in'the fact that a careless operator may-open the controlling valve before the bed is in its proper position ,beneath the platen, Uthus`l permitting the neckband engaging members to be brought into engagenent with the platen, damaging Vthe machine, or` otherwise interfering with. its opvalve, and a lookin pivoted at 22 and oset at 23 whereby to bring the nose 24 -into projecting laterally from the pawl 15 far enough to be engaged by thelockin device.

26 is a connecting rod leading rom the locln'ng device 21 to a bell crank lever-27 which is pivoted at 28 upon the bracket 29 and is connected to a trip member, preferably in the form of a slidable arm 80. The arm 30 is lsupported upon a vertical eXtension 31, and provided at its free end with an upstanding portion 32 arranged in the a h of the bed, and adapted to be engaged by the slide 9 when the bed reaches its innermost position, as shown in Fig. 1. In this position, the sliding arm 30 is moved outwardly, causing the connecting rod 26 to be lifted and thus raising the locking member out of engagement with the valve operating means which may then be actuated to admit Upon the pressing operation, the treadle is operated to effect further movement ofthe valve, thus releasing the luid pressure from the cylinder, and permitting the support, which carries they movable bed, to fall, after whichd the bed may be moved laterally upon the support, away from pressing position. Upon moving the bed laterally away from its pressing position beneath the platen, the weight of the locking device causes it to drop into engagement with the pin 25 and prevent further movement of the valve until the bed is returned to its inner position.

I claim as my invention:v

1. The combination with a stationary platen, of a vertically movable support, a bed laterally movable on the support, uid pressure means for elevating the support embodying a valve controlling the admission of fiuid pressure, operating means for the g device movable independently of the bed and adapted to engage the operating means, said looking device being controlled by the position of the bed.

2. The combinationwith aJ stationary platen, of a bed movable vertically and laterally of the platen, fluid -pressure means for elevating the bed embodying' a valvecontrolling the admission of iuid pressure, operating means for the valve, and a locking device movable independently of the bed and adapted to engage the operating means, said lookin device being controlled by the position o the bed.

3. rl`he combination with a fluid pressure to the cylinder.- completion of the stationary laten, of a vertically and laterally movable ed, fluid pressure means for elevating the bed, a valve controlling the admission of Huid pressure, operating means for the valvefand a locking device movable independently of the b ed, said locking device being normally in engagement with the valve operating means, and connections the path of a pin 25,

pressing position.

, 111g a valve, and a lock 1,1aa,eee

between the bed and the locking device whereby the latter is moved out of engagement with the valve operating means at the limit of the movement of the bed laterally to pressing position.

4. The combination with a stationary platen, of a vertically and laterally movable bed, fluid pressure means for elevating the bed, a valve controlling the admission of fluid pressure, operating means for the valve, a gravity actuating locking device movable independently of the bed and normally in engagement with the valve operating means, and a trip member connected with the loclr.- ing device and arranged to be engaged by the bed during its lateral movement to 5. The `combination with al stationary platen, of a vertically movable support, a bed laterally movable on the support, fluid pressure means for elevating the support,

a valve controlling the admission of the ing means, a trip member mounted 1n the path of the bed so as to,be engaged by the same at the limit of its lateral movement to pressing position, an angle arm pivoted to said trip member, and a connectmg rod leading from said angle arm to the locking device. I l I 6. .The combination with a stationary platen, of a bed movable vertically and laterally of the platen, fluid pressure means for elevating the bed embod operating means for the valve, anda lock for said operating means movable independently of the bed and arranged to be controlled by the same.

7. The combination with a platen andbed, one having movement vertically and laterally of the`other, Huid pressure means .for elevating the movable member embodyfor said valve movable mdependently ofthe aforesaid member and arranged to be controlled by the same.

8. The combination with a stationary platen, of a support, one of said members being movable relativelyI to the other,'a bed laterally movable on lul pressure means for effecting engagement. between the movable membersembodylng a valve, operating means for the valve, and a locldng device movable independently of said bed and adapted to engage the operating means', said locking (Jllpvlleedbelng controlled by the position of b The combination with a platen, or a other, fluid pressure means engagement between said memve controlling the admission of for eil'ectin bers, the va one movable vertically and rlaterally` relatively to the one of the members,

fluid pressure, operating means for the te: is moved out of engagement with the valve, and a locking device movable indevalve operating means when the parts are pendently of the a resaid movable member, said locking device being normally in 5 engagement with the valve operating means, Witnesses:

and connectlons between the movable-mem- ELsm E. GoULn, ber and the locking device whereby the lat- H. W.-BULL.

in pressing position.

- DANIEL M. COOPER. 

